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PITTSBURGH -- Bryan Price's handling of the Reds' bullpen on Tuesday certainly raised questions during the team's 6-5 win at PNC Park, but he did answer those after the game.

First off, did he consider leaving Manny Parra in to face Josh Harrison after the lefty got right-handed hitter Gaby Sanchez to strike out for the second out of the inning instead of bringing in Logan Ondrusek?

"Those are those situations where it's all good and great when it works out and when it doesn't, you want to hang yourself -- I don't mean that literally. You get in that situation where you're like, where (Harrison) hits left-handed pitching this year in particular, I just did not want to have any regrets. I think it poses a good question, when Manny came into the season, I didn't want to use him as an isolation left-hander. That being said, there are certain times when he's pitching like Manny Parra, which he has the last couple of times, when he's really locked in like he was in points in time last year, there's no question I'd be comfortable with him regardless of matchup, but he's not there right now. He's had a couple of good outings in a row, isolating him against two hitters in Milwaukee and one hitter today. When he's back on more of a role, he'll get those opportunities than he has more recently."

For the record, Harrison has actually been better this year against right-handers (.832 OPS vs. .771 OPS) and is traditionally about the same (.689/.683).

Secondly, where was Jonathan Broxton?

"He was (available), he would have pitched that ninth inning had the game been tied, but fortunately Frazier stepped up and hit the homer and got us to Chapman."

And finally, why did Roger Bernadina replace Jay Bruce in right field for the final inning as part of a double switch? Bruce made the last out of the top of the ninth, so Chapman was in his spot.

"You know anything can happen, it could be two quick outs and a chip shot over that right-field wall and then we have to lead off for pinch-hitting for Chappy and I would have been happy to have him -- well, I don't want to say happy -- but I'd be comfortable for him to go out if need be."

• There was the scary sight of Clint Barmes hitting a ball to left with what would have been a walk-off homer for the Pirates.

"It's such a big park to left and left-center... I know Barmes has power, I've seen him for a long time from Colorado to Pittsburgh and he's a nice player. I know he has power and if you get a ball up in the zone, he can hit it out of the ballpark. Just watching the way Heis went back on it, I had a pretty good feeling the ball was going to stay in the ballpark. I'm glad it did."

Said Heisey:

"When you're a defensive replacement late in the game, the ball always seems to find you. Right when the ball was hit, I felt like I had a good chance and as I was going back, I thought I was going to run out of room and fortunately for us, it stayed in the yard."

• Also, Price on Johnny Cueto, who was feeling sick on Tuesday:

"These things are all speculative, it's asking a guy to go start to finish and pitch like Bob Gibson. There's one Bob Gibson and one 1967 with a 1.12 ERA or whatever it was. He's going to make 33-34 starts, he's going to have starts where he's not sharp. All he did those first 10 or 11 starts was pitch like everyone else hopes all their guys would pitch. There are 29 other clubs that were wishing they got that type of performance. He wasn't pitching a ton of innings because his pitch count was high, he pitched a ton of innings because he was very efficient. He's like anybody else, he's going to have periods of time where he's not as crisp and I'm not worried about that."

• And Price on Todd Frazier's start this season:

"It's been terrific because we put a lot eggs in that basket. There are lot of the people in the organization who think Todd can be an outstanding player. He's already helped us so much defensively as a third baseman, but being able to put the power and the RBIs and the run production and the runs scored and now the stolen bases in one package. To see him battle through so many more at-bats, he's not swinging as early in the count unless he's getting a good pitch to hit, and when he does, he's hitting it squarely. It's been a huge boost to our offense for sure."